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Whether it be an eclectic music scene, local galleries to lose an afternoon in, or societies to perform in on campus, these are the universities that let you express yourself.

Top universities for creative scene

Summary: Things are a little more crowded at the top in our creative scene category this year. University of the Arts London joined last year's highly rated five institutions (Bath Spa University, Falmouth University, Goldsmiths University of London, Norwich University of the Arts, and the University for the Creative Arts):

Bath Spa University

Major praise:
'This is the best creative writing course in the country.'

Falmouth University

The close-knit campus helps:
'Falmouth is so small you get to know everyone and you're surrounded by some of the most creative students in the country – it's pretty cool.'

'My course is really exciting as it offers students the opportunity to try out every type of animation. There's even an 'experimental' module where you are given the freedom to have fun with new techniques and are encouraged to come up with creative film ideas.'

University of the Arts, London

Inspiring lectures and perfect location:
'Visiting practitioners' talks are very useful and interesting to attend where illustrators, designers, animators, film-makers give advice and share their experiences.'

'The university definitely immerses itself in art. There are always posters and notifications around the school alerting students about new exhibitions, societies and demonstrations happening around London. Since the university is very central to London, things are available within a reasonable distance.'

About the Which? University Student Survey 2017

We asked students to score the degree to which they would describe their university as having an inspiring creative scene.

We merged the findings from surveying students in March/April 2017 with results from our March/April 2016 student survey so we could characterise a greater number of institutions, using a larger combined base of around 8,745 students.

Where we have answers from at least 30 students, we analyse the results to calculate average scores and to highlight the group of top-performing universities overall.

Note: Third year students in the 2016 cohort were excluded from this year’s data set as they would have finished their course.

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